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Ruby Gibbs 1890 - 1979

Ruby Gibbs of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida was born on August 23, 1890, and died at age 88 years old in April 1979.
Ruby Gibbs
West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida 33401
August 23, 1890
April 1979
Female
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Ruby Gibbs' History: 1890 - 1979

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  • 08/23
    1890

    Birthday

    August 23, 1890
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  • 04/dd
    1979

    Death

    April 1979
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    Ruby Gibbs lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1890, in the year that Ruby Gibbs was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1916, Ruby was 26 years old when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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